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homogeneous system of parameters (Definition)

Let $k$ be a field, let $R$ be an $\mb{N}^m$ -graded $k$ -algebra, and let $M$ be a $\Z^m$ -graded $R$ -module.

Let $\mathcal{H}(R_+)$ be the homogeneous union of the irrelevant ideal of $R$ .

A partial homogeneous system of parameters for $M$ is a finite sequence of elements $\theta_1, \theta_2, \ldots, \theta_r\in\mathcal{H}(R_+)$ such that

$\displaystyle \dim\left(M/\left(\sum_{i=1}^r \theta_iM\right)\right)=\dim(M)-r,$    

where $\dim$ gives the Krull dimension.

A (complete) homogeneous system of parameters is a partial homogeneous system of parameters such that $r=\dim(M)$ .

A sequence $\theta_1,\ldots,\theta_r\in\mathcal{H}(R_+)$ is a homogeneous $M$ -sequence if for all $i$ with $0\leq i<r$ , we have that $\theta_{i+1}$ is not a zero-divisor in

$\displaystyle M/\left(\sum_{j=1}^i \theta_iM\right).$    

Finally, view $M$ as being $\Z$ -graded by using any specialization of the above $\Z^m$ -grading. Then we define the depth of $M$ to be the length of the longest homogeneous $M$ -sequence.

Bibliography

1
Richard P. Stanley, Combinatorics and Commutative Algebra, Second edition, Birkhauser Press. Boston, MA. 1986.




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Also defines:  partial homogeneous system of parameters, complete homogeneous system of parameters, homogeneous $M$-sequence, depth, depth of a module
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Cross-references: homogeneous, length, specialization, sequence, Krull dimension, finite sequence, irrelevant ideal, homogeneous union, field
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AMS MSC13A02 (Commutative rings and algebras :: General commutative ring theory :: Graded rings)

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